English teaching service VIPKID raises $200M and reportedly hits a $1.5B valuation

{rss:content:encoded} English teaching service VIPKID raises $200M and reportedly hits a $1.5B valuation http://ift.tt/2v6Ddec http://ift.tt/2vplolW August 23, 2017 at 09:23PM  VIPKID, an online English teaching tool, announced today that it has raised $200 million in financing. That financing round values the company at $1.5 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg. That wouldn’t just give VIPKID unicorn status — it also exposes a huge amount of demand there is in China and other countries as a tool to learn English from English speakers. VIPKID… Read More